A NOTE FROM YOUR EDITOR-IN -CHIEF
LONDON WEATHER FORECAST
By Lucy Holland
Hello! I’m Lucy Holland, your Vice President of Art and Design, Media and Performing Arts, and also your Editor in Chief of POW! Media! I am so excited to introduce you all to the first ever edition of The Middlesex Echo! When I was a student, I studied Creative Writing and Journalism, and while POW! magazine was a great outlet for articles, I believe the introduction of this newspaper will encourage aspiring journalists and students on campus to submit articles about what they think matters to MDX students. Whether that be changes on campus, politics, panel discussions or covering events on campus. As your re-elected Vice President, I will be continuing my work on the ‘We Need To Talk’ mental health campaign, as well as my work on housing to fight against rogue landlords and the rising costs of rent for students. If anyone would like to get involved in any of the campaigns I’m working on or have any queries, don’t hesitate to contact me via l.holland@mdx.ac.uk.
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I hope you will all enjoy the different outlook of covering news and current affairs on and around campus that The Middlesex Echo will bring. You can all get your voices heard and submit any articles via www.mdxsu.com.
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INSIDE THIS EDITION Feature
Lifestyle & Entertainment
Student Life
MDXSU Elections: The Results Night and What This Means For Us
Searching for Aural Gold
The Balance Between Study & Money
Page 5, By Neil Tucker
Page 10, By Melissa Nabre
Theatre on a Student Budget
Your New Elected Student
Pages 5, By Rebecca Green
Officers, pages 10-11
Burlesque: Empowerment or Tease?
Events on Campus, page 11
Front Page, By Melissa Nabre Editorial An Introduction from the Editor Page 2, By Natalie Rose A Note from Your Editor-in-Chief Page 3, By Lucy Holland Editorial Team, page 2 Weather Forecast, page 3 News & Politics Pay Rises: For the few and not the many Page 4, By Lisa Hunt
Pages 6, By Roxie-Anne Student Voice Sports & Fitness
‘Chance’: Maths & Y(our) Life
Relax... Play LAX
Page 12, By Louis-Michael Heinrich
Page 7, By Katherine Turner
‘Blue’ Page 12, By Rebecca Torrie
Commentary & Advice
‘Who And Why?’
Commenting On: The Middle Ground
Page 12, By Anastasia Protopapa
Page 8 Do Doctors Really Know Best? Page 9, By Petria Koumi
